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Oren Bur-'Hanic Cheney, D.D., president of Bates College, son of Deacon Moses and Abigail (Morrison) Cheney, was born in Holderness (-^shland), N*H*, Dec. 10, 1816* When a boy he worked in his father's paper mill to obtain the knowledge necessary to enable him to follow the business. When he was thirteen an injury to one of his thumbs prevented his working for a time* He was sent to school at the Kew Hampton Academical Institute*
Here a new world dawned upon him* In September, 1832, Hev* Hosea Quinby established the first school of the Free Baptist denomination at North Parsonsfield. Me., and the boy was in attendance on the day of open¬ ing as one of the first scholars of the first school of that church to whose educational interests his subse¬ quent life has been devoted, "^he classes in Latin had such a charm for him that he would listen to the recita¬ tions day after day-and here he made his determination to go to college.
In 1833 he began his preparatory course at New Hampton and in 1835 he entered Dartmouth College, where he graduated in 1839 and walked home to Holdernessf The Lord was steadily preparing for his life work* While at home he was baptised by Rev. Dr. '^imeon Dana* He was then a member of the ^'ree baptist church* In the fall of 1839, Mr. Cheney went to Farmington, ^e., as principal

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Oren Bur-'Hanic Cheney, D.D., president of Bates College, son of Deacon Moses and Abigail (Morrison) Cheney, was born in Holderness (-^shland), N*H*, Dec. 10, 1816* When a boy he worked in his father's paper mill to obtain the knowledge necessary to enable him to follow the business. When he was thirteen an injury to one of his thumbs prevented his working for a time* He was sent to school at the Kew Hampton Academical Institute*
Here a new world dawned upon him* In September, 1832, Hev* Hosea Quinby established the first school of the Free Baptist denomination at North Parsonsfield. Me., and the boy was in attendance on the day of open¬ ing as one of the first scholars of the first school of that church to whose educational interests his subse¬ quent life has been devoted, "^he classes in Latin had such a charm for him that he would listen to the recita¬ tions day after day-and here he made his determination to go to college.
In 1833 he began his preparatory course at New Hampton and in 1835 he entered Dartmouth College, where he graduated in 1839 and walked home to Holdernessf The Lord was steadily preparing for his life work* While at home he was baptised by Rev. Dr. '^imeon Dana* He was then a member of the ^'ree baptist church* In the fall of 1839, Mr. Cheney went to Farmington, ^e., as principal